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Deprecated means, generally, that something is acknowledged but discouraged.

In IT, deprecation means that although something is available or allowed, it is not recommended
or that, in the case where something must be used, to say it is deprecated means that its failings
are recognized. The term may be used with almost any element of IT, including software, hardware,
methods, models and practices.

In computer programming, a deprecated language entity is one that is tolerated or supported but
not recommended. For example, a number of elements and attributes are deprecated in HTML 4.0 , meaning that other means
of accomplishing the task are preferred. Many deprecated features became obsolete in HTML5, although browsers that support
the features may continue to support them. In the Java programming language, a particular
method may be deprecated
for a given class of objects.

Even general approaches to something can be deprecated. Security through
obscurity, for example, is an approach that relies on keeping coding and its potential
vulnerabilities hidden, so that flaws are less likely to be detected and exploited. That model, and
others such as security
through minority and security through obsolescence, are deprecated in favor of security by design, which
involves creating systems that are as secure as possible in the first place.

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